This was one of prosecutor Juan Martinez's strongest arguments of guilt & premeditation in the Jodi Arias trial. He tells her that if her story about the killing was true, then she'd be able to do all of the following in 62 seconds: drop the camera, get bodyslammed by Travis, roll away from him, get up, run down the hallway, run into the closet, run across the closet, step on a shelf to reach up for a gun, run back to the bathroom, point the gun, shoot Travis, who continues to grab her & threaten her, run away, look for & retrieve a knife from somewhere, stab Travis 29 times, slash his throat from ear to ear, and then pick up the camera - whose accidental photo indicates they were at the end of the hallway by this time. All possible within 62 seconds? Martinez doesn't believe so. If her story was true, then it would only be possible if Jodi had both a gun AND a knife handy.

The 62 second time frame is the time taken between 2 accidentally taken photos from Travis' camera on the day of his death. The first at 5:31pm & 14 seconds and the next at 5:32pm & 16 seconds. The first photo is significant because the defense claims that it occurred when Jodi dropped the camera, the triggering point for Travis' alleged attack on her. The second photo taken 62 seconds later shows that during this time Travis became severely incapacitated and suffered a profusely bleeding neck wound. Martinez tells Jodi that according to the scenario she gave in the time constraints she had, it would be impossible for her not to have the knife with her when the attack happened.

Note, it's also possible that the attack started before the 5:31pm&14sec photo. In that case she would've had more than 62 seconds (a few minutes) but it would still contradict her story of self-defense. Whether it took 62 seconds or a few minutes, it's the prosecution's contention that Jodi brought both a gun and a knife into the bathroom, got Travis into a vulnerable sitting position by getting him to pose for photos in the shower, and then viciously murdered him in cold blood using both the gun & knife.

Arizona vs Jodi Arias
Cross-Examination of Jodi Arias

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